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Self-Conscious Mysticism
by SweetLife
Self-Conscious Mysticism
Self-Conscious Mysticism
by SweetLife
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Lincoln on Slavery
President Abraham Lincoln, who is often called “The Great Emancipator,” did not always call for emancipation. He did, however, eventually issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all the slaves in the Confederate states. Then he strongly supported the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the nation. In the last speech he ever made, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans.
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Poems1. Séance Journey to Find Self .............................................................. 12. Tears Are Falling ............................................................................... 33. Life Began Yesterday ........................................................................ 54. Spirit World (Sonnet) ........................................................................ 75. Just Believe in God (Haiku) .............................................................. 96. Obstruction of Justice ..................................................................... 117. Forget About the Past (Haiku) ........................................................ 138. DNA of Consciousness ................................................................... 159. Vegan for Life (Sonnet)................................................................... 17
10. Reparations Now (Haiku) ............................................................... 1911. Spiritual Tree (Haiku) ..................................................................... 2112. E1B1A DNA (Haiku) ...................................................................... 2313. Polluted Waters Cause Cancer (Sonnet) ......................................... 2514. The U.S. of Soviet Union ................................................................ 2715. Snowstorm ...................................................................................... 2916. Great-Grandfather’s Enslavement in 1788 ..................................... 3117. Thank You, Don’t Be So Polite ....................................................... 3318. The Dutch East India Company (Haiku)......................................... 3519. Same Things Make You Laugh Make You Cry .............................. 3620. Nation’s Capital, 1784 .................................................................... 3921. Shanghai Flight Departures (Haiku) .............................................. 4122. Make America Great Fake News Again .......................................... 4323. Should We Eliminate the Pennies? (Sonnet) ................................... 4524. 400 Years of Missed Opportunity ................................................... 4725. I Peace Raq ..................................................................................... 4926. All I Wanted to Do Is Love You ...................................................... 5127. Nevada Indian Girl .......................................................................... 5328. Hurricane Emily, 1987 .................................................................... 5429. Aloha (Haiku) ................................................................................. 5730. The Love I Feel for You .................................................................. 5931. Bohemian Blackberry Sexpot Girl .................................................. 6132. Expression of Love ......................................................................... 6333. Win, Place, or Show ........................................................................ 6434. Irrashaimase! (Haiku) .................................................................... 6735. Are You Loving Someone Else? ..................................................... 6836. Hafa Adai (Haiku) ........................................................................... 7137. The First Amendment Right ............................................................ 7338. The Second Amendment Isn’t Written in Stone .............................. 7539. Never Had a Chance to Say Thank You, Number 42 ...................... 77
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AcknowledgmentsI would like to acknowledge John Hope Franklin,
Ph.D., a great historian to whom God gave the strength to fight for civil rights in the twentieth century. When I met him, as I was attending his book signing for his autobiography, Mirror to America, he gave me some wonderful advice, which I will cherish for the rest of my life. After he signed my book, I asked him” “Does the United States government owe Black Hebrews reparation for slavery?” His facial expression was totally peaceful as he said yes! Then the look in his eyes turned to hurt. It seems that I had opened a painful wound that he had been carrying around all his life.
I must also acknowledge Dr. Yehoshua Ben Ephraim on researching E1B1A and all of its subgroups that make up the house of Judah and the house of Israel. Dr. Ephraim is the founder and leader of E1B1A DNA teaching.
I appreciate Tommy James, composer and pianist, for encouraging me to continue writing songs and coaching me on the mechanics of the entertainment business.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my editor, Paul Weisser, for polishing my manuscript. He’s a brilliant intellectual who kept me laughing.
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In memory of Clifford Adams, the world’s best trombonist…
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“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
—Albert Einstein
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1Séance Journey to Find Self
As the sunlight creeps in and out,Overcast with a gray dark sky,
Before it rains, my shadow will shout,“Vociferous churl, forgetfulness to fly.”
It began to have fun with the sun devout;The reflection shade of my shadow’s cupidity,
Like a mirror deep inside my soul,But I can only depend on my shadow faulty.
Without my shadow, who will remain?How can I gain to keep my forgiveness?
Beside me, my shadow will maintain,Until the rain makes contact with dryness.
Clouds high above,Shade without rain,
Continue to dress, rest, and progress.My shadow and I have this togetherness.
Trust tomorrow.Shades that never appear
Will never end again. Helplessness.
Peacefulness.It’s time the rain washed my shadow away.
My shadow fliesIn a chariot off for goodness.
It’s impossible for my shadow to disjunct,Or abandon my seance journey to find self.
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2Tears Are Falling
Tears are falling from my eyesAs the sun rises in the blue sky,Rolling from the burning wind,
Dropping slowly into my loveless heart to Heaven.
Suddenly, my loveless soul hungers for your touchThat I miss so much,
Like a mountain waterfall has stopped flowing.And now the picture on the wall reminds meOf the moment fixed in that sad work of art.
Forgive me, my loveless heart has no value or priceThat holds still like a timeless block of ice.
The water fountain heat of your loveWill fill my loveless heart to beat once againOver the mountain clouds that make it rain.
The bench that I sit on at the dock of the bayLovers walk by, seeming to be so happy and gay.
Everyone can look into the mirror of my soulGone away with a dove flying beyond the blue sky
Rolling from the burning windBetween the cloud’s bright four-ring rainbow
Dropping slowly into my loveless heart to Heaven.
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3Life Began Yesterday
No one knows when life began.All in-between life is tomorrow,And yesterday no more or lessthan twenty-four hours a day.
The only solid truth we know,On this planet, babies will continue
To be bornAnd people will die.
Everything else is imprecisionAnd strange phenomena!
Can we find Heaven here on Earth,Or is Heaven many light-years away?
As life goes by, we continueTo establish in melancholy habits,
Such as greed.
We believe in men who continueTo bilk and bamboozle us down,
False prophecy for greed.
Tomorrow and yesterday is our onlyReal reality of life.
Greed is our only solution.We are charged to be born,
And charged to die.
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4Spirit World (Sonnet)
World celestial in the sky,The body can be buried on land
Afterlife don’t ask why.After the diminished trumpet’s hand,
The ashes will dissolve at seasideUntil they reach heaven to kneel.
The speed of light vacuums high tide.Can’t see the wind, but can feel.
Don’t ask whyThe spirit has been uplifted, no fear.
Heaven isn’t always in the sky.The Universe’s stars won’t disappear,
The spirit will never say goodbye.The spirit has been uplifted, no fear.
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5Just Believe in God (Haiku)
He died for our sins,Unrighteous ways of Satan,
God will set us free.
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6Obstruction of Justice
Michael Flynn, Access Hollywood, grab the Black voodoo
Pussycat by flipping over the Monopoly boardWhile sitting in a soft Kushner chair in Chump Casino.
You got to play to win Luxury Tax trying to buy Railroad,
Across from Capitol Hill located on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!
Park Place, remember if Obstruction of Justice don’t be bitter,
Why Pass Go straight to Jail? Did you hear the fake voice who?
It wasn’t me, you must figure my only device is Twitter.Roy Moore riding his horse tied it up at the poll in
Alabama,Doggerel in sloppy Breitbart-in-chief strategist in farts
that smell.While voting he asked, “Where is the young girl with
her mama?”Jubilation filled with happiness that failed the racist
power to hell.Norway winter white snow.
Africa and Haiti are the last shithole,The law of the land will send the racist Chump to
railroad coal.
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7Forget About the Past (Haiku)
Start season existDish flash intimacy wishLast farewell, lost dream
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8DNA of Consciousness
Fiction lifeIs so fake.
Imagination appears thatAnimals can’t relate.
FabricationNever to be real.Figment jesters
Won’t do.Fable nescience.
False dreamsFilled with lies.Facetiæ witty.
Misrepresentation of the truth.There’s no fact,Only feelings.
The blood knows best.
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9Vegan for Life (Sonnet)
What happens to an open cut on the body?It will heal without any first-aid antibiotic.The human body will heal itself of tragedy.
The immune system flows like the sound of music.Stop eating animals, they have a face!
Behold, I have given you herb-bearing seeds.Should our image be dominant or replaced?
Unrighteous kingdom under false deeds.Scientists know more about solar system wisdom
Than we know about the human brain’s mental evil.Could it be that we are living in a forgotten kingdom?
In the Bible, no documentation if God forgave the Devil.
Politicians continue to get lobbyists enslaved.The privileged want to make greed a world enclave.
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10Reparations Now (Haiku)
The U.S. owes BlackHebrews one octillion cash
For what? Slavery.
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11Spiritual Tree (Haiku)
Mom said, “Seen not heard.”My dad said, “Don’t trust a fool,
Coming or going.”
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12E1B1A DNA (Haiku)
Abraham, Isaac,Jacob, twelve tribe sons,
ancient Hebrew Black nation.
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13Polluted Waters Cause Cancer (Sonnet)
It was a hot day, the last month of school,Assunpink Creek was a deadly untidy water and polluted,
City Beat the Heat funded a public summer swimming pool.It would open, accessible and undisturbed,
Impacted by dirty drinking water from toxic factory refineries.Absolutely no harmful swimming disposal signs posted.
Poisonous fumes caused death to air species.The Trenton Makes, The World Takes Bridge was brindled,Dissatisfied neighborhood folks dying with decayed bodies,Corrupt businesses closing, not being criminally charged,
Manufacturing plants disappearing overnight,Leaving asbestos chemicals in newborn bloodstreams.
City Hall was unwilling to pay the plaintiff’s lawsuit fights,The neighborhood folks came apart at the seams.
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14The U.S. of Soviet Union
Let U.S. PUTIN…the melting potA recipe stirred with chaos, fear,And terror all around the world.
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15Snowstorm
Today extreme cold winterYesterday thunder and lightningTomorrow morning’s weatherSunny warm church wedding
Evening autumn love moon OctoberJuly summertime baby crying.
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16Great-Grandfather’s Enslavement in 1788
Cried while transported in ballast ships, Shackled and chained to America.
Perturbed while transported by ships,Shackled and chained from Africa.
Disquieted while transported by ships,Shackled and chained to America.
British convicts transported, Shackled and chained to Australia.
British convicts jailed for committingPetty theft and murderous crimes.
British convicts endured Far better circumstances than slaves.
British convicts of the First Fleet Were given hard labor with lengthy times.Slave traders would go to Africa’s coast
Lure and kidnap enclaves.Slaves would be punished for petty things,
Whipped and hanged.Slaves were forced to endure
Middle passage and die.Hebrew blacks sang spiritual messages
From the songs they sang.These are the Lord’s chosen people,
Whose freedom was denied.They cried while transported by ships,
Shackled and chained to America,Perturbed while transported by ships,
Shackled and chained from Africa.
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17Thank You, Don’t Be So Polite
Bei bei bei bei bei, jing bei jing,Bei bei bei bei bei, bei jing,
Bei bei bei bei bei jing, xie xieBei bei bei bei bei, xie xie.
Bei bei bei bei xie xie bei bei bei bei bei bei.Bie keqi bie keqi bie keqi.
Xia xia xia, xia xia ya nong, Shanghai Shanghai,Xia xia xia, xia xia xia, xia xia ya nong,
Shanghai Shanghai, Xia xia nong, xia xia ya nong.Bie keqi, bie keqi.
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18The Dutch East India Company (Haiku)
Jewish involvementIn black Hebrew slave trade too
In Americas.
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19Same Things Make You Laugh Make You Cry
Same as water pours down,Sand goes through the hourglass:
That sunshine, cheerful smileGoing home service this evening.
Same things that make you wonder,To make you see that it always bruit.
Make positive erase negative,You were meant to be humble nuance,
Laugh for just a transitorywondering how long will be oblivescence.
Make it last forever now.You will never know how life carries footsteps.
Cried myself to sleep last night.Woke up smiling.
Found you were gone.Moon blindness chain reaction
Unrequited love honesty romance delight.
Filled with warmness of joy,Afraid animus showing no fear until it’s over,Found it funny, while laughing on my knees
Then began smirking imprecation.
Have you ever laughed so hardUntil tears drop remembering yesterday?
Your eyes wiping liquid sun,Waiting for the rain of shame-related sadness.
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Freedom will never comeSo long as hate travels around the world and bickers.
When death will come,Then life will be revealed.
Heaven was always here on Earth.
We believe in Man, who continues,Kirks, bilks, and bamboozles us down.
False prophecy for greed.
Tomorrow and yesterday is our only reality.Is greed our only solution?Are we charged to be born,And charged when we die?
We are so blind that our eyes Are wide open.
Yet we believe in thingsThat continue to drive us closer
To Hell each day.
Why do we lie instead of telling the truth?Everyone has been in a race
To see if their religion is the bestOf apostasy or pious.
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20Nation’s Capital, 1784
It was a warm summer day early morning,
And at first glance, as Moses was looking out the window,Miss Rose rang the doorbellWhile Moses was running.
Down the spiral staircase, Moses yelled while mom was looking!
Outside the door, he heard her soft voice as she bowed,To speak while Moses peeked
Through the door’s cracked lighting.
Or was it Saturday, watching my shadow?Being bored, my mom opened the door with an amazing
glow.Miss Rose asked mom, “Can Moses go downtown
shopping?”
When Mom said, “Yes,”Moses sang a song while dancing.
Miss Rose was his best friend, to his surprise.Mom told Moses that Miss Rose was one hundred and six
years old.Exactly one hundred years older than him.
Heart of gold every day rolling out of the bed.Bird seeds for her mockingbirds were top of her list.
Miss Rose and Moses were next-door neighbors on Capital Street.
Together strolling down the street in the highest zeitgeist.
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21Shanghai Flight Departures (Haiku)
Apples fallen planeAirport cheaper price fake sales
iPhones black market
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22Make America Great Fake News Again
Humpty Dumpty Trumpty satOn a Mexican wall
Humpty Dumpty Trumpty impeachment.America’s great fall.
Humpty Dumpty Trumpty satOn a Mexican wall.
All the Russians and all the KlansmenCouldn’t put Trumpty back together again.
They tried to shake him,They tried to wake him,They tried to rake him,
But they couldn’t put Trumpty back together again
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23Should We Eliminate the Pennies?
Yes! Only to give all the proceeds of the world in pennies
To all Black Hebrew Americans for crimes against humanity
And how this wealth was transferred across generations’ obsequies.
Therefore, if all the pennies don’t amount to one octillion weighty,
All monies should go into a fund for free health care for qualities,
College education for generations now and future misfortune incivility,
To receive reparations that are owed to Black Hebrew nations’ similarities,
And it’s further deprived them of the fruits of their own labor validity,
Enslaved in United States deprivation of Black Hebrew despicables.
Over eight million Black Hebrews and their descendants’ servility,
Deprivation of life, liberty, citizenship rights, cultural heritage, antipodes.
From 1619 to 1865, the practice of slavery constituted immoral stupidity.
President Abe Lincoln’s legacy benefits from pennies.Enslaved in U.S. deprivations of black Hebrew
cupidity.
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24400 Years of Missed Opportunity
In the beginning of God’s creation, Y chromosome genes passed to Adam.
Africana President Obama, A constitutional Harvard Law professor,
Fraternized with Henry Louis Gates’s donkey tail.Professor Gates cried like a dog in heat!
“Oh, he kicked down the white door, Officer Toe Jam!”The door at his Cambridge house,
Where Gates practices DNA and also co-wrote Africana.
Africana President Obama suggested that Gates and the white police officer
Have a beer at 11:00 a.m.Drinking on the White House lawn
While Black Hebrews are locked up for drinking 40’s in the public parks without bail.
Police search of home in violation of homeowner’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Misopportunity to arrest this white racist police officer.We’re God’s chosen American Black Hebrews,
Bamboozled archangels put in a jam.Yoshua is slowly walking,
Washing our sins away like the wind, but you can feel and tell
The truth of the just God our father, direct descendant of Abraham’s Y chromosome.
Powers will be gifted. Curses won’t be lifted.
The Lord fills us with the spirit of the Holy Ghost.
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25I Peace Raq
When I think of peace,
It’s the black ink that’s writtenIn the constitution of the words so graceful and stylish
that governs.And what does it mean?
When I think of peace,Does it mean that we are all free?
If so, is greed the solution to our problems in the world today?
When I think of peace,Why can’t we stop the war
That continues to hurt us, all for oil and a car?
When I think of peace,Bring all the military home,
And let’s talk and give peace a chance.Peace to think,
And we all will win.
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26All I Wanted to Do Is Love You
Banshee voice approaching!I remember one thing,
Your mind always processed.
“You appear in my amulet,” she said.“Bared in the room’s recess:
All I wanted to do is love you.”
“Are you ready to sleep?” I asked.“You held onto my copulation,
Head on my chest to keep,What a euphrasy situation,The feeling was so deep.
All I wanted to do is love you.My heart was beating fast,Trying to afflate and relax.
How long the night will last,Together tactful love.
A bird has flown from her nest.All I wanted to do is love you.Visage sleeping with a spirit,Wanting to hold you again,
Only to find out meandering.Why are you being here with me?”
“I’m in Heaven,” she said, “but you’re not here.”“All I wanted to do is love you.”
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27Nevada Indian Girl
While I was sitting at the bar,She walked in, lost and lonely.
“Come to my place?” she asked.“Stop! Get out of your car.
Jack Daniel, one more shot.”
“Stop screaming,” I said.“Everything will be alright.”
“Can’t stop the train from coming,” she shouted.“Do you see it?
My ex-boyfriend tied me downTo the railroad tracks.
A good Samaritan construction workerUntied me just in time.
Pour me one more orgasm. Always turn me on, thinking about the drama
Of being tied down on the railroad tracks.My orgasms still turn me on full blast!
Let’s sleep....Every time you’re inside me,
The train keeps rolling down the tracks.My release always reminds me of being in my climax,
Being tied down.Now let’s sleep....
How can something so dramaticFeel so good and deep!”
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28Hurricane Emily, 1987
The waves at Shelly BayWere rolling and smashing towards the shore,
We all gathered, Listening to the island music
At the pub.
As the storm tide started approaching the island,Rain was pouring outside the window.Milton and Sylvia were romantically
Gazing into each other’s eyes.
Sylvia held his hand, Whispered sweet and exciting words into his ear!
“Let’s go outside,” she said, “in the rain.”It was early January.Flowers on the trees
Were in full blossom.He followed Sylvia
As she picked out the perfect side of the treeTo stand underneath from the rain.
Her warm arms hung around his neckAs her lovely warm body moved closer,
While the rain continued to pour even more.That’s when she began to kiss him
In the rain, Till he forgot all about that Hurricane.
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As they kissed,All he could think about
Was how beautiful and sweet she wasWhile the rain kept pouring down.
They must have kissed for at least two hoursWhile the folks inside the pub watched them.
By the time the rain stopped, He had fallen in love with SylviaOn a hurricane day at Shelly Bay.
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29Aloha (Haiku)
Strong affection needsPassion caring cherish love
Honesty oneness
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30The Love I Feel for You
I can’t bear anymoreThe love we shared.Walked out the door,
The love I feel for you
Standing the test of time,It’s like a crime, my love,
Is being held hostage.Only your love can free me.
It would be betterIf I sent you a letter
So we can stay together.The love I feel for you.
Just because you left meThe best I can do
Is try to win you back.I really don’t know why
Life is so complex.Is there any reason why
You never answer my text?
When you receive my letter,Our love will be better.So we can stay together.The love I feel for you.
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31Bohemian Blackberry Sexpot Girl
Wonderful afternoon walking inside the bazaarIn the Bahamas.
A beautiful black berry fallen from the sky Sunlight shining on her legs afar
As she got closer, she shook her thighs.
As she approached me with a smile that glowedWith her pearly white teeth, She said, “Come with me
To Sweet Pee’s Taxi Cab Stand, Catch a ride to Lucayan Lobster & Steak House,
Home of our hometown godfather, Big Daddy Ed.”
As the sunset was falling With Lignum Vitae flowers in her hair,
She showered love lotion All over her sexpot body.
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32Expression of Love
Never been able to express how much I love you,Which makes me feel so blue.
I love you so much that I can’t let go like paperPressed against glue.
Love is like a feeling from the skyAnd rain that makes
Tears fall from your eyes.
My heart is like a central nervous system that controlsAll my fears.
Never been able to tell you how much I love you Because of my tears.
Love is like a feeling that guides your pain through your veins
That makes it so hard to explain.
It’s no help for me,My expression of love is lost out to sea,
and my mind is left by the dock.How did I get myself in the expression of love?
What is the cost?My heart stopped,
Resting behind the wall nailed to the clock.
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33Win, Place, or Show
State fairground starts todayWheels screaming around the track
You can hear the noise 20 miles awayThe 200-lap speedway is back
Later that night you can smellPerfume aroma from her tentNo one tops her in ticket sales
Miss Pussy Galore’s scentThe audience claps without content
That kidney bean oval trackWho will win the race?
Burning rubber, wind to their backAnd who will place?
The main attraction stars at nightMiss Pussy Galore’s burlesque show
Most beautiful queen in sightThe fairground’s best of the best
Her sexy 8-count moves start fights
Her body is perfect and fitSweat pouring like an ocean bay
Down her sexy legsSlick marks all the way
To the racetrack pit
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Well, if you’re wonderingWho won the race
I reckon all the men saidMiss Pussy Galore’s Show
She didn’t race around the trackThe funniest thing, for instanceNot even once, never in her actDid she do one sexy lap dance
Get ready for the last lap turnCars’ rubber tires being burned
Win, place, or show, the race will finishAt Miss Pussy Galore’s show
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34Irrashaimase! (Haiku)
Let me show you this.Would you like to pay with cash?
Free gift with purchase!
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35Are You Loving Someone Else?
Cried myself to sleep.Why, I wonder?
Tried, can’t get myself together,Because love has left me,
And I still ponder.
I will never loveAnother this way.
Feeling will always keep meLoving you.
And no one will everTake it from my heart.
Do you love me truly,As I love you?
If so, help me to understandWhat is the name of that love.
My love for youWill never part.
Help me to find my heart.
I’ll never love againUntil you come back
Into my arms,So this hurt
Can stop haunting me.
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Are you loving someone elseAs much as I love you?
Waking up today,Wishing and hoping
That love will lead you backAnd keep this pain from taunting me.
Are you loving someone elseAs much as I love you?
I wish you wellWith your love.
The most daunting aspectIs all love is not the same.
Are you loving someone elseAs much as I love you?
Love will continueNot finding its true place
And who’s to blame?
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36Hafa Adai (Haiku)
Two Lovers High CliffMarine Drive flooded again
Wet Willie’s all night
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37The First Amendment Right
Would you go in a dangerous lion’s cage?Would you expect the lion to be your friend?
White nationalists’ gracious permit at low wage.The country built on racism that will never end.
The constitution anthem clearly gives folks the rightTo express their opinion and gather peacefully.
Who’s at fault?Indubitably, the news media are.
The answers dividing all citizens intentionally for ratings
While the viewers are angry, wanting to fight.General Lee’s statue, Confederate flag, obsequies for
eternity.If white supremacists like to protest during day or night,
Leave those people alone,They can’t harm you mentally.
It was chaos, evil, and violence in Charlottesville’s hot weather.
Remember the lovely soul dress in purple,A girl named Heather.
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38The Second Amendment Isn’t Written in Stone
Cast the first stoneRacism in America
Satan must die
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39Never Had a Chance to Say Thank You, Number 42
The world knew him as the firstBlack Hebrew American major league baseball player.
We knew him as Santa Claus, who had a thirstto give all.
“Never had a chance to say thank you, Number 42.”
Poor ghetto children, Number 42, enjoyed watchingtalent shows from boys’ and girls’ clubs coast to coast.
Nor did we know that Number 42 had reached the stars shining
and given back to his community with a higher spirit of toast.
Sorry, Sister Pauline, when you gave us Number 42’s winning
autobiography in the first grade, we had disagreed.
The world knew him as the firstBlack Hebrew American major league baseball player.
We knew him as Santa Claus, who had a thirstto give all.
“Never had a chance to say thank you, Number 42.”
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About the AuthorSweetLife was born and raised in the historical town
of Trenton, New Jersey, in the Battle of Monument and Five Points area of the city. In the late 1950s, he had the pleasure of being the youngest member of a group that sang at the Carver Y Center Boys and Girls Club in a talent show presented to Jackie Robinson, the first Black Hebrew American Major League Baseball player in the United States. At the age of 5, SweetLife and his cousin J. H. Taylor, a.k.a. “Pop,” along with their cousin W. Julian, a.k.a. “Nose,” were some of the group members who won the talent show.
SweetLife dedicates his poem “Never Had a Chance to Say Thank You, Number 42” to Jackie Robinson for donating all the gymnastic equipment to the Carver Y Center Boys and Girls Club. “A life,” said Jackie, “is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” SweetLife benefited from Jackie’s donation and became a champion ten meter spring board diver in Trenton, right behind his cousin Clark Alfred, a.k.a. “Fee.”
SweetLife is a multilingual poet, songwriter, photog-rapher, world traveler, Tai Chi practitioner, and former U.S. Marine.
His main objective is to promote world peace through his music, books, and films.
Self-Conscious Mysticism
by SweetLife
